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Becoming a Golden Hawk means more than just cheering on our (really good) varsity teams – it means being a student who cares about your community, who works hard in the classroom, and who takes advantage of all the learning opportunities that can happen outside the classroom, too.

App Programming Competition

iPhone App Competition

CP469: iPhone Application Programming is a fourth-year course offered by the Department of Physics and Computer Science. This course provides students with hands-on experience programming applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod platforms, using the Cocoa Touch framework on Mac OSX. At the end of the course, students participate in a programming competition and present their final projects before a panel of three judges.

Recipients

First prize: Chuck Cardona and Chris Silivestru for their app Etch-A-Sketch.

Note: Prizes were donated by Apple Canada. We thank them for their support.

Android App Competition

CP400Q: Android Application Programming is a fourth-year course offered by the Department of Physics and Computer Science. This course provides students with hands-on experience programming applications for Android devices. At the end of the course, students participate in a programming competition and present their final projects before a panel of three judges.

Recipients

Second prize: Erin Crammer and Matthew Hengeveld for their app WLUExams.

Special mention: Harjinder Dhaliwal and Tyler McConnell for their app MyGov.

Special mention: Omas Abdullah and Connor Wilson for their app Virus Attach.

Note: Prizes were donated by Laurier's ICT Solutions. We thank them for their support.

Great Canadian Appathon

Laurier students are welcome to participate in the Great Canadian Appathon hosted at Wilfrid Laurier University. Participants program an application based on a predetermined gaming theme and demonstrate the workings of their app to a panel of judges. Participants are eligible to be recipients of sponsored prizes.

Email Chinh Hoang to announce your participation and receive a participation pass. In the email, indicate your full name and birthday for each member on your your team; this is necessary to receive an access code to the room housing the competition.

Note: Participants require permission to stay on Laurier property during the weekend. If you do not have a participation pass, security will ask you to leave the building.